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[vikki]

hey everybody else is doing it and I love it, so:

Ask me a fandom-related question in the comments. This can be fandom specific, general, or about fandom/lj stuff/fic writing/etc. in general. Questions can be as wacky as you want. Ask me about tv shows, characters, fanfic in general, fandom issues/meta, anything about any of my stories

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[vikki]

Hahaha, what a great question!

The truth is, I get sucked into series more by the main character(s) and circumstances than by relationships. Main characters who have horrible luck or circumstances but keep pushing through their troubles earnestly are my favorite by a long shot, especially if they're not SEKRITLY EMO or whatever, but honestly recovered or recovering from whatever trauma and working to solve their circumstances.

I also love derpy characters. Ones who are over-the-top and ridiculous and vaguely unaware of their own ridiculousness even when it's apparent to the reader. XD;;

As for relationships, though ... I particularly love it when between two characters who have a relatively close relationship, one of them is more loyal to the relationship than the other. This imbalance is just really interesting to me. In early Supernatural, Sam was a more independent character than Dean, and Dean's whole life is still wrapped up in Sam; in later Supernatural, you have Castiel who still will help the brothers (particularly Dean) even when it's a disadvantage to him, but they can't (or won't) return the favor. In the first FMA anime, Ed and Al were both fiercely loyal to one another, but Ed's sense of guilt was greater. In Inception, Arthur is utterly competent but somehow has a huge blind spot for Cobb because of his loyalty to him.

There's a million other examples, but pretty much any character who is either a 'keep on keeping on' sort of character or deeply, shockingly loyal to somebody who does not return their loyalty to the same level is liable to be my favoritest character ever. And I will write a million fics for him/her. FANDOM HO~!